Yoakam proclaims "I'll Pay The Price"
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 – Dwight Yoakam unveiled his new song "I'll Pay The Price" today.
The song will be on Yoakam's first new album in nine years, "Brighter Days," out Nov. 15 on Via Records/Thirty Tigers.
Last month, Yoakam released the music video for his new track "I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)" with Post Malone.
Written and recorded over the last three years, "Brighter Days" features 12 new songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as three covers of "Keeping On The Sunny Side" by the Carter Family, "Bound Away" by Cake, and "Time Between" by The Byrds.
Yoakam self-produced the disc, which was mixed by world-class engineer Chris Lord-Alge.
More news for Dwight Yoakam
- 10/10/24: Yoakam unveils video with Post Malone
- 09/06/24: Yoakam forsees "Brighter Days"
- 05/31/24: Bosko has "Heart Burn" with Yoakam
- 02/06/24: Yoakam, Bridges, Beach Boys play Stagecoach
- 02/10/21: Yoakam sues Warner over copyright issues
- 05/04/20: Yoakam gets hitched
- 08/21/19: Yoakam delves into Cali country in Vegas residency
- 08/07/19: Yoakam tops list of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
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Believe it or not, Dwight Yoakam is almost 70 years old. Yikes, but 'tis true. His first major label release, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc, Etc," hit the scene in the mid-1980's. He made quite a splash on the country music scene back then, quickly gaining radio airplay and branching off into movies. Very quickly, he became the king of the southern California, post-Buck Owens, country-rock sound. He still wears that crown today.
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In this 1988 Austin City Limits program and nearing 32 years old, Dwight Yoakam was approaching his commercial zenith. His third album, "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room," had just been released, bringing him his only number one country singles "Streets of Bakersfield" (included here in duet with Buck Owens along with Flaco Jimenez) and "I Sang Dixie," also included.
His second ACL appearance, Yoakam delivers a generous, 14-song reminder of how freakin' unusual ...
Dwight Yoakam appears to be a many of mystery on the cover. With two side-by-side images of himself, the Kentucky honky tonker dons a trademark cowboy hat, jeans jacket and jacket and plucking his electric, legs spread and head pointed down. But there really is no mystery about Yoakam, who has been making music longer than some of the contemporary country acts have been alive. And Yoakam has a thing or two to show these young turks what country music used to be - and based on this sterling, ...
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